how to stop breastfeeding?

[minieggsarelife]

my LO is coming up 1 in a few weeks and i want to stop breastfeeding through the day. i’m not fussed about night feeds, they’re fine but through the day she keeps biting me when she feeds and i’m sick of it. i just have no idea how to stop. i keep removing her when she bites but she just screams etc

At the same age, my LO caught covid and couldn't breathe through her blocked nose for a couple of days, so she was finding it hard to breastfeed and there was a natural decrease in number and duration of feeds. As she got better I just stopped offering during the day and reduced to only before bedtime and first thing in the morning, and then it was relatively easy to stop entirely. So perhaps capitalise on it the next time your DC has a blocked nose? Good luck!

Following with interest - I’m trying to do the same with my 13 month old!

I’ve read all the advice and know what to do but my DS is boob obsessed and I can’t really see how to stop him demanding it as often as he does now. I’m back at work 3 days which I thought would help but it’s like he wants even more to compensate on my days off now! I try distracting him when he starts pulling at my top etc, but he is hysterical til I give in and feed him. Help!

I did it with both DCs by stopping on demand feeding and setting a schedule, then gradually stretching the times between feeds and dropping them one at a time. Each time you adjust the schedule you have to suffer the complaints, but if you stick to it and don't crack they soon get used to the new timings. The final feed to give up was the one before bed for us. As PP said, it is easier to drop each feed if it coincides with a change in routine (eg holiday) or sickness/some other reason why they can't feed, or failing that have DH deal with them at the time of the dropped feed for a couple of days.

@SkankingMopoke

I did it with both DCs by stopping on demand feeding and setting a schedule, then gradually stretching the times between feeds and dropping them one at a time. Each time you adjust the schedule you have to suffer the complaints, but if you stick to it and don't crack they soon get used to the new timings. The final feed to give up was the one before bed for us. As PP said, it is easier to drop each feed if it coincides with a change in routine (eg holiday) or sickness/some other reason why they can't feed, or failing that have DH deal with them at the time of the dropped feed for a couple of days.

I did similar to this and then replaced with snacks where needed. DD wasn't too bothered though (not sure on whether I should be offended by this ) but possibly because I did it really gradually.